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Igor Varfolomeev's site about lute music
 
Updatings of the site


Lute
music
storyThe exhaustive information about history lute music, composers, luteists, makers, publishers of the Renaissance, Baroque and their biographies.

Lute
instruments
reviewThe review of family lute instruments. Renaissance lute, Baroque lutes and Baroque guitar, Vihuela, Theorbo, Chitarrone, Wandervogel lute, Renaissance Cittern, Mandolin, Bandora, Torban, etc.

Luteists
Composers
AssociatesInformation about modern and early players on the lute instruments, composers, luthier, publishers, and simply associates. Biographies, photos, etc.

Review
of the lute
CDIn this review, there are more than 150 CD. On this page you can read the contents of CD, see the cover of a larger size and listen to some tracks on-line.

Theory and
practice
of playWhat does it mean - lute tablature and how to read it? How to play at the classical guitar the lute music? Tuning of lute instruments, strings and other manuals.

Library
«Tabulatures
and notes»The library contains several sections of file archives of various formats and contents, such as works for the lute, lute music ensembles, manuscripts, lute books. A collection of scanned copies of sheet music for classical guitar ever published in paper form.

Video
«Lute
instruments»You will see on-line on this page of video of play on lute instruments.

View video playlist of lute music.

Lute in
painting and
photoIn this gallery of pictures you can get acquainted with the fine art of different epochs associated with the lute.

Thematic
linksLinks to the lute societies of the world and other thematic Internet sites and pages.

Now online visitors: 5

Site is open 1.06.2003
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© 2003-2025 I.Varfolomeev
Translation
G.Dontsov, Google



 
 
 
 The information for visitors

Welcome to the site dedicated to lute music, where the main focus is on the lute, an instrument that has unfortunately remained in the shadows, although it played a key role in the development of the classical guitar and many other stringed instruments.

Our goal is to restore the lute to its rightful place in the history of music and to provide comprehensive information for all lovers of this instrument. On the site you will find detailed information about the history of lute music, various instruments and their types, compositions and performers from different countries and eras.

We offer CD reviews with the possibility of listening, playing theory, an extensive library of sheet music, tablatures and ancient manuscripts in high quality. A gallery of paintings dedicated to the lute and videos of performances by various performers are also available.

We are confident that our site will become a valuable source of information and inspiration for you, and will help you discover the wonderful world of lute music.
On-line audio and video Lute.ru radio

24 hours a day, listen on-line lute music. On-line player opens in a small popup window. You can continue to browse the site, listening to the lute. PLAY >>


 Video playlist

It consists of selected video including: Lute Duo, Ensemble Tanedores, Hopkinson Smith, Andreas Martin, Julian Bream, Jonas Nordberg and many others. LOOK >>
Early music in Russia Early music in Russia

Page about the musicians, early music ensembles, musical instrument artisan living in Russia or abroad. MORE >>
First Lute School First Lute School

Educational project of the Russian luteists Andrei Chernyshov and Marina Belova. The main goal of the School is to expand the knowledge of amateur and professional musicians in the field of music of the XVI-XVIII centuries for early plucking instruments: lutes, baroque guitars, vihuels.

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Rob MacKillop Welcome to ‘The Scottish Guitar’

The book has 74 pages, and there are 40 mp3 files.

It is the sum of many years researching and performing Scottish lute, cittern and guitar music.
The key thing is the performances.

There is a continuity of style and technique going back nearly 1,000 years, which I have brought to the modern nylon and steel-strung guitar.

As I say in the Introduction, this is more Scottish than 'Celtic'. MORE >>
 
 

Lute

Lute is the most wide-spread favourite
musical instrument
in many West European
countries of
Renaissance.
 
 

Lute

The oldest compositions were intended for the 6-string lute. To the end of the 16-th century the 7-th string was added and then the strings number was increased.
 
 

Lute

Any
instrument
having oval or other body and neck
along which the strings are stretched can be believed
to the lute family. Archaeological museum in Cairo keeps a small
lute with
a long neck
found in a burial
(1500 before our era)